From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/44931 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Henning Hraban Ramm Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: PhD Thesis in ConTeXt Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:35:36 +0200 Message-ID: <2D12C869-67A4-4C56-8326-36C8872687A1@fiee.net> References: Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1224617856 16484 80.91.229.12 (21 Oct 2008 19:37:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:37:36 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Tue Oct 21 21:38:33 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KsN3n-0005ae-AU for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:38:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4BB1FB82; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:37:24 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02101-03-4; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:36:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 961D31FB89; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:36:27 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 449AE1FB7F for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:36:26 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 02101-03-3 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:35:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from lvps87-230-27-118.dedicated.hosteurope.de (fiee.net [87.230.27.118]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A22D11FB71 for ; Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:35:38 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: (qmail 16132 invoked from network); 21 Oct 2008 21:35:38 +0200 Original-Received: from 203-9.1-85.cust.bluewin.ch (HELO ?10.128.9.9?) (85.1.9.203) by fiee.net with (AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 21 Oct 2008 21:35:38 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:44931 Archived-At: Am 2008-10-21 um 19:56 schrieb Piotr: > 1) Finding the right context > For now I had quite some difficulties to find that proper Latex > distribution - a problem that actually led me to the existence of > ConTeXt. I am wondering which latex distribution I should choose in > order to work with ConTeXt? I am running Windows Vista (64-bit). Or is > there a ConTeXt stand alone package that will absolutely satisfy my me > in my needs? In principle, all I need is If you don't need LaTeX or PlainTeX and just ConTeXt, go for the minimals (see wiki). I don't know about Win64 versions, though. (I'm on OSX) > 2) The right editor > What is the preferred editor for ConTeXt? for such a project? Is there > any loss in functionality when using Texniccenter with ConTeXt than > with MikTex instead? Some ConTeXters use SciTE, others Emacs. I guess the ConTeXt modes of those are most evolved. I mostly use TextWrangler (Mac only), that has only a rudimentary syntax highlighting, but it's enough for me. see http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Text_Editors Be sure to use an editor with proper Unicode abilities and (I'd suggest to) write in UTF-8 encoding. > 3) I have seen some thesis templates/examples in this mailinglist. Can > anyone point me to additional sources regarding the creation of a PhD > Thesis with ConTeXt? What is the advantage over Latex, what are the > disadvantages? Is there a win-win distribution somewhere on the table? What you need depends on the requirements of your university... I'm no academic, so don't know what would be special with a PhD thesis. Did you look through http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Sample_documents ? Did you find http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Chemistry ? > 4) Has anyone used a typesetting suite like ContTeXt with CVS? Do you mean your sources or ConTeXt itself? Of course all TeX files are simple text files, so any versioning system is usable. But I'd suggest to use SVN or another less ancient system than CVS. > 5) Is the ConTeXt reference system compatible with Endnote? Jeff answered that. > Is there any point to have latex installed, when context can do the > trick? No. > Or lets ask the devils advocate the other way around: What is > the point of installing context, when latex could do the trick? Apart > that I have to re-learn latex anyway.. what is better with Context? - ConTeXt's scripts know how often your sources need to be run - more freedom in design (but some prefer LaTeX's "fixed" document classes) - more coherent interface (key=value syntax) - better support for modern features, esp. with LuaTeX - integration of external packages like MetaPost, GNUplot etc., see http://modules.contextgarden.net/ - easy font installation (or no installation at all with XeTeX or LuaTeX) - ... Greetlings from Lake Constance! Hraban --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://wiki.contextgarden.net https://www.cacert.org (I'm an assurer) ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________